Fri. June 17th

RABBITS AND BERRIES

Bonjour Grann,

It's not the ocean, it's a lake! It's not chill, like coastal breezes; but hot like Mojave!

Mojave

"moh-HAH-vee"

The Mojave Desert is over 25,000 square miles of extremely arid rain shadow desert in southeastern California and southern Nevada with small sections in Arizona and Utah. Named after the Mohave people.

But it's better than staying home, and camping at Desolation Park, five feet from our mobile home. That's like sleeping on a city bench; a gawkers paradise.

Papa likes to camp off the beaten path. I think Papa and Milo are arrogant about off the grid camping, and sleeping among the bobcats and mule deer, Papa would say, "Don't need the business of neighbors, now do we?" and Milo would say, "Are we warriors or mice?!"


Papa and Milo went rabbit hunting, and left me behind, again. Grann, I don't think I'll ever go hunting with Papa and Milo, but you can be sure as the sun always rises that I'm the one that cleaned all four of the rabbits, the three Papa caught and to rub salt in my wound, I had to clean Milo's rabbit. If you ask me Milo is a bourrique!

Bourrique

"boo-reek"

French for Donkey.


It was a busy day today, I not only cleaned all the rabbits, but Ma mere, the twins and I spent our morning collecting salmonberries and strawberries.

Ma mere says we have enough berries to make a few jars of jam.

Sleep well, Grann.